The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-12-28
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past three months, has received unanimous
call to become the pastor of the church.
The call has been accepted and Mr.. Fiske
will be installed as soon as convenient.
The call gave Mr. Fiske the option of giving
his whole time to this parish or of giving
Sunday afternoon and such part of Thurs.
day or Friday as he shall deem best to the
parish in Warren. Mr.. Fiske thinks his
duty calls him to Warren and intends to go
there, although the difference in the salary
is very small. - Mr.. and Mrs. j. j.
Billings of Stowe spent Saturday and Sun
day in town, visiting their little son Harold
who is spending the winter here for the
purpose of attending school. Mr.. and Mrs.
G.. Il. Heath were with them.
Warren.
THE Christmas exercises Saturday even
ing were very interesting. - George and
l.. NJ Heath have sold out their mill prop
erty in Lincoln for $4,000 to the Pulp Com
Curtin are visiting at James Cardcll's.
80 Mrs. f. w. Slayton went to St.
Johnsbury last week to care for w. II. Stay
ton, who has typhoid fever. -== Rollin
Bucklin end wife of Worcester, Mass, are
visiting their friends in town. Miss Ida
Blake returned home with them. 80
Frank Putnam and family are stopping for
the present with his father, Thomas Putnam.
Waterbury.
cured Monday, December 10Th. About the
usual number were present. The village at
last is out of debt, so no tax was raised for
the coming year G. n. Arms was elected
president of the corporation for the year
1888 and George w. Atkins and James Bur-
leigh were elected auditors. 60 There
was a Christmas service at the Congrega-
tional church last Sunday morning. -
Lumbermen are busy using the new snow,
although it is not quite deep enough in the
woods. 60 G. G. Warren has sent pack
age of butter from his creamery to Judge
Miller of the United States supreme court
at Washington. 80 A regular prayer
meeting is held at the school-house on Blush
Hill on Wednesday evenings of each week.
80 Meetings are held at Mill Village
schoo-house on Friday evenings of each
week by Rev. George T.. Smith.
Frank Graves and wife came home from
Essex, n. Y, to spend Christmas.
Waterbury Center.
THE Christmas exercises at the Methodist
church last Saturday evening were well at
tended and good. Most of the evening was
used by the Loyal Temperance Legion and
the little folks did their parts well. -
Charles Fisk has trapped since October 9TH
eighty-siX foxes, ninety-seven muskrats,
eight coons, fifteen skunks, five mink, one
fisher, one black wildcat and one cross be-
tween sable and fisher. He has used only
fifty-seven traps and has tended them
all on foot. MIR. Fisk has also gathered
and sold this season S120 worth of box
gum and $50 worth of blister-gum. He
picked $50 worth in six days. If any one
has done better in trapping in the same
length of time we should be pleased to hear
from them. - Deacon David Pratt, who
was run over few weeks ago and badly
hurt, has so far recovered as to be out.
- Mr.. Hill has recently moved from
Lincoln into the house recently purchased
-
Minis of MiddeseX preached in the River
church last Sunday, the pastor, Rev. f. II.
Butler, being ill. - Mrs. II. NJ. Dufur
and daughter, who have been staying with
Mrs. f. f. Hutchins, Mrs. Dufur's mother,
for several months past, have removed to
West Randolph, where they will remain
until spring. 60 Ida Fuller and Jennie
Cook spent Christmas with Miss Cook S
people in Huntington, returning to their
school Monday.
Woodbury..
THE Christmas exercises Saturday even
ing were a success. The trees were well
filled with useful presents, the singing
was good and many were reminded of
friends far away by receiving some token
of remembrance and love to cheer dear
ones left at home long ago. - The
Sabbath-school was organized Sunday, the
25th for the ensuing year. Rev. Mr..
Wheeler is to act as superintendent and
temperance meeting Sunday evening was
well attended. quite number from
South Woodbury. being present. 1t was
voted to meet the people at South Wood
bury next Sunday evening. Seven new
names We're added to the pledge. - A
six-horse team, with snow-rolers, passed
through the town from Hardwick to L. w.
Noodry's stone quarry and back again, pre-
pairing the road for drawing stone. -
Fred Thomas was in town over Sunday.
- Charles Wells has engaged to work
for George w. Foster
South Woodbury..
The school closed last Friday night and
commenced Monday morning, with l.. j
Benjamin as teacher. - A number from
this place attended the temperance meeting
at Woodbury. Center last SUNDAY evening
- Last Saturday f. f. Ball left his
horse unhitched in Mark p. Goodells door.
yard while he went into the house. The
horse, becoming uneasy, came home at full
! speed, breaking one thill from the sleigh
! Otherwise no damage was done. = Sadie
ingalls,, who is stopping at Il. NJ. Pray's
has been suffering from a felon on the third
! finger of her right hand. - Caleb Sabiu
| is i'll.
Worcester.
REVIVAL meetings are being held the pres
ent week at the Methodist church. -
! AT the last meeting of the Grand Army
! Iosl tHe lollOWlnH OlHcerS were electeu lOl
! the ensuing year: Post commander, NJ. p
| Kent; senior vice-commander, c. II. Stone
| junior vice-commander, A. j, Cameron
| adjutant, Samuel Pratt; surgeon, j. s. viii
son; chaplain, George MaXham quarter
! master, f. b. Morse: officer of the day, l.
II. Keith; officer of the guard, w. b, Dillon
| quartermaster-Sergea S. X. Walling
sergeant-major, Ira Holmes; delegate t.
encanpment, George S. Herrick; alternate
a. j. Stone. The next meeting of the post
will be held January 2lst.
Addison County.
Granville.